Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-04
SELECT KNIGHTS.
Election of Officers for the
Following Year.
PARADE IN THE EVENING
An Entertainment at Armory Hall
and q Banquet End the
Session.

vi tAC NtANte aNA'f3.&fht ~s' - -
met yesterday morning in joint sessio
for the purpose of transacting the reg'
lar annual business of the order. Thi
branch of the order is too young yet t
have enough BUSINESS to occupy man
days and the election Of officers TO
the coming year was reached befor
noon. Reports from the various officer
showed large increase In membershi
during the past year and the indication
were considered good for an increases
enlargement Of the Legions during th
coming year. The principal business Q
the session was the election Of officer
for the ensuing year. A large numbe
of those who have serye'
20 the great satisfaction o
all the members were reelected anS
the list Of those so elected shows tina
the official positions will rest in goot
hands. The election resulted as follows
Grand Commander, Samuel M. Short
ridge (re-elechd); Grand Vice Com
mander, j. Z. Carothers; Grand Lieuten
ant Commander, j. ID. Vagan; Grand
Marshal, ]. Il. Mack; Grand Recorder,
G. +. Alden; Grand Treasurer, L. Bau-
bury; Grand Standard Bearer, +. Brack.
en-; Grand Senior Workman, j. b.
Dougherty; Grand Junior, j. +. c. John.
son; Grand Guard, A Davis; Grand
Medical Examiner, DR.. +. w. Harrison
(re.elscted); Grand Trustee, for three
years; G. Il. Garthorne. After the elec.
tion, a recess was taken until four CLOCK
when the officers elect were installed.
Past Grand Commander, AL. Cobler Of
ticiatiEg. The Grand session then ad-
journed sine die.
EVENING EXERCISES.
About half.past the delegates to the
session met in front Of the Grand Opera
House on Main street, and at s o'clock
they formed in line and marched to the
Plaza on Main, countermarcned 10 Tenn
pie street, ON Spring street to Third, to
Main, to Armory Hall, where the line
disbanded. Anticipating the parade, q
large number of the citizens came down
town and the sidewalks were crowded.
The uniforms of the Knights showed to
great advantage, especially when pass
ing through the lightest portion of the
streets; and while the line was not very
long, it moro than made up in appear
ance what it lacked in numbers. Yonpg
as the order is, the Knights marched in
q manner which would have re-
feoted great credit upon older
organizations Of like character.
When the parade had ended the Knights
went into Armory Hall, where many
ladies and friends were already seated,
waiting for the literary and musical en-
to commence. The Seventh
Infantry band, which had led the pro-
cession, was in attendance, also. and
opened the programme w,tn an over
ture. This was followed by duet,
sFisherman," by Mr.. and Mrs. F. B.
Tanning. Their rendition of this ever
popular piece OF music called forth u
encore to which they graciously respon-
ded. j. NJ. Damron. then delivered an
address of welcome, in which he said
that the visit of the delegates had given
the hone members great deal of pleas.
ure, and he hoped that it would live as
long in the memories Of the guests as it
would in the entertainers. Miss 4. b.
Williams then rendered "Lucia de Lam
mer" on the piano in an artistic man
ner and was greeted with hearty
applause. She was followed by
Grand Commander Samuel NJ. Short.
ridge who replied to the address of well
come in very fattering terms. He
thanked the hosts for their kindness to
himself and brother Knights and praised
the country and the city. In his
opinion Los Angeles is rival OF San
Francisco in more ways than one, and
the latter city must look out or her
laurels will be plucked from her brow
and placed on the "Queen of the South. !"
His remarks were received with great
deal OF enthusiasm. He was followed
by quartette entitled "Moonlight,
sung by Mr.. and Mrs. f. b Tanning,
Mrs. A. Nesbett and Mr.. Loeb. Upon
the conclusion of this short but pleasant
entertainment the Knights and the in.
vited guests preceded by the band,
marched to the Central Restaurant
where banquet had been prepared.
THE BANQUET.
In honor of the occasion the banquet
hall had been decorated very artistically
and attrsctively. At the head OF the
large dining room in crimson geraniums
was the word "Welcome," surrounded
by bright green border. The many
paintings on the walls were draped with
flags, and on the three long tables were
numerous flowers. These tables pre-
sented a very inviting appearance with
the yari.colored decorations, and the
delicate dishes which had been prepared,
Shortly after IL O'Clock the guests ar
arrived and marched into the hall to the
music of the band, which played at in
tervals during the evening.
The appearance of the dining room
when the ladies with their light colored
dresses and the Knights with thei
bright uniforms were seated at tn
tables, was very pleasant. and it wa
evident that the evening would never b
regretted by any who had the good for
tune to be present. The Grand Officer
were seated at one end OF the hall an
around them were the invited guests
while at intervals were other member
of the Legions. The service OF tn
? tables was to be praised and there wer
no long waits between courses as otte
happens on occasions Of like charactel
After the guests had seated themselves
the toasts were commenced and the La
had been responded to before eleve
O'Clock. The toasts were as follow
''Char ,ty, responded to by J. Z: olive
Hope" responded to by O.. Id. Gar
thorne; Protection, responed to by J
I. Carothers, OF Alameda; '1ndustry,
responded to by A. F. Mackay; "Ul
ion," responded to by Robert Sharl
"The LADIES' responded to by Q.
Alden, and the Good Of the Order
responded to by s. M. Shortridge, Grar
Commander. All Of these respons
were eloquent and to the point, al
met with very hearty reception.
IL o'clock the last words were spok'
and the guests departed.
The following resolutions were unan
mously adopted
Resolved, That the Select Knights.
O. u. W., of California and Nevad
represented in annual session, extel
their sincere thanks to the enterprlsl
,,rass of Los Angeles for their unlfol